The Assembly welcomes the inclusion of this chapter on the Location and Pattern of Development which includes zoning principles (including land use zoning acceptability, zoning objectives and density) and design (including residential developments, streetscapes, urban and rural developments). As part of this chapter, it is indicated that an infrastructure assessment has been carried out in order to differentiate between zoned land that is available for development and zoned land that requires significant further investment in services for infrastructure for development to be realised. NPO 72a of the NPF states ‘Planning authorities will be required to apply a standardised, tiered approach to differentiate between i) zoned land that is serviced and ii) zoned land that is serviceable within the life of the plan.’ This is further developed at Appendix 3 of the NPF which sets out a methodology for a tiered approach to land zoning. Notwithstanding the reference to this approach at Section 13.2 of the Draft Plan, it is unclear how this approach has been applied, including the integration of the indicated infrastructure assessment. In accordance with the aforementioned national policy objective, it is recommended that the Draft Plan be updated to clearly demonstrate compliance with same.